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Alberta sovereignty bill close to finish line as government invokes debate time limit
By Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s sovereignty bill galloped toward the finish line Wednesday, with the government using debate time limits to rebut what it called Opposition delay tactics. Opposition NDP Leader Rachel Notley said the government was on pace to pass the bill Wednesday night or in the early hours Thursday, saying Smith’s United ... Read More »
1 responseTrudeau says 120 countries are ready to agree to 30 by 30 framework at COP15
By The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he believes at least 120 countries are ready to sign on to a COP15 nature summit target to protect nearly one-third of land and marine coastlines by 2030. But he acknowledges the negotiations with some of the five biggest countries in the world pose a diplomatic and political ... Read More »
1 responseDeveloped countries called on to provide meaningful financial support at COP15
By The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
MONTREAL – Hard talks on hard targets for saving the world’s biodiversity began Wednesday at an international conference in Montreal, with calls for rich nations to pony up to save functioning ecosystems where most of them exist – in poor nations. “We need developed countries to provide meaningful financial support for the countries of the ... Read More »
1 responseTens of thousands of families have applied for federal child dental benefit: Gould
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
OTTAWA – Social Development Minister Karina Gould says 35,000 people have applied for the new child dental benefit since the program opened a week ago. Gould was responding to an opposition question in the House of Commons about Canadians who are struggling with the rising cost of living. The new benefit is aimed at children ... Read More »
1 responseMedia shunning transparency law due to worsening delays, journalist says
By The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
OTTAWA – Veteran journalist Dean Beeby says reporters are abandoning the federal Access to Information Act as a research tool because turnaround times are terrible and getting worse. The access law allows journalists and others who pay a $5 fee to request documents – from internal emails and expense claims to briefing memos and studies ... Read More »
1 responseB.C. finance minister replaced in Premier David Eby’s new-look cabinet
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
VICTORIA – British Columbia Premier David Eby has unveiled a new-look cabinet that includes eight first-time ministers and removes Selina Robinson from the finance ministry. Former forests minister Katrine Conroy takes over the finance portfolio, while Robinson moves to post-secondary education and future skills. Robinson announced just last month that the NDP government had a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Families of missing women deserve search for their bodies, special interlocutor says
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
OTTAWA – A Mohawk official tasked with helping Indigenous communities investigate unmarked graves says the refusal by Winnipeg police to search for the remains of missing women whose bodies are believed to have been left in a landfill is a “breach of human dignity.” Kimberly Murray made the comment at a gathering of Assembly of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec’s auditor finds Education Department ill-prepared for pivot to online learning
By The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
Quebec’s auditor general says the province’s Education Department was ill-prepared when the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to shutter in March 2020 and it still does not have a complete picture of the learning delays that resulted. Guylaine Leclerc expresses concern in her audit of the Education Department that the lack of data won’t permit for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Visa issues at COP15 biodiversity summit in Montreal could stem from UN delays
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
OTTAWA – The COP15 conference on biodiversity loss is underway in Montreal, but hundreds of delegates from developing countries are missing out due to visa issues that could stem from the United Nations issuing late accreditations. “It was pretty disappointing to get rejected,” Pervez Aly, a prominent youth activist, said in an interview Wednesday from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec coroner questions why witnesses failed to report drunk driver before crash
By The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
MONTREAL – A Quebec coroner is questioning why people who saw a drunk driver get behind the wheel failed to call authorities before he got into a crash that killed four members of a family north of Quebec City last year. The report by coroner Donald Nicole says multiple witnesses saw Éric Légaré drinking at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous families have right to know where missing loved ones buried, official says
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
OTTAWA – A Mohawk official tasked with helping Indigenous communities investigate unmarked graves says the refusal by Winnipeg police to search for the remains of missing women whose bodies are believed to have been left in a landfill is a “breach of human dignity.” Kimberly Murray made the comment at a gathering of Assembly of ... Read More »
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